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Alu palya Recipe

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Learn how to make Alugadde Palya or Aloogadde Palya with the help of step-by-step pictures . Alugadde Palya is a delicious dry vegetable stir-fry recipe that features potatoes, onions, green chillies, ginger, and a variety of spices. It is primarily enjoyed as an accompaniment with masala dosa. The Alugadde Palya is placed inside the masala dosa, folded, and served. Additionally, it can also be paired with poori or chapathi.
To serve it alongside poori, a thick gravy version is prepared by adding a small amount of water. This version of Alugadde or Aloogadde Palya is commonly known as "potato bhaji" or "aloo bhaji." However, for chapathi, both the dry and gravy versions can be used based on preference.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine Indian
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

  • 2 medium sized potato
  • 2 medium sized onion
  • 1/2 tsp mustard
  • 1/2 tsp jeera or cumin seeds (optional)
  • 1 tsp Urad dal
  • 1 tsp Channa dal
  • 2-4 green chillis
  • 1/2 tsp finely chopped ginger
  • 8-10 cashews
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • A big pinch of asafoetida
  • 7-8 curry leaves
  • 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
  • 4 tbsp cooking oil
  • Salt as per your taste

Instructions
 

  • Wash and boil the potatoes in the pressure cooker. Once it is cool, peel it and mash it. Also keep all other ingredients ready and handy.
  • Take a frying pan, add oil and mustard seeds. Once the mustard starts spluttering add jeera, urad dal, chana dal and cashews one by one. Saute it for a while. When the urad dal turns brown add slit green chilli, finely chopped ginger and curry leaves. Saute it for 5 seconds.
  • Add in turmeric powder and asafoetida and saute it for a while. Next add in chopped onions and fry till the onions turn soft.
  • Now add in mashed potato and mix for a while, Once it is mixed add in salt and chopped coriander leaves and mix it again. If you are planning to use this as an accompaniment with dosa, then swith off the stove and stop at this stage.
  • To use this as an accompaniment with poori add 1/4 cup of water, mix it for a minute and then switch off the stove. For chapathi you can either serve the dry version or the gravy version.
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